PRINTER'S NO.  601

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

553

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FERLO, BROWNE, WASHINGTON, EARLL, WAUGH, WONDERLING AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 5, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 5, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

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act relating to the public school system, including certain

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provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

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schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

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laws relating thereto," in school finances, providing for

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millage rate increase.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known

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as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a

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section to read:

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Section 602.1.  Millage Rate Increase.--The millage rate of

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tax in effect in each school district on the effective date of

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this section shall not be increased in any succeeding year

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unless approved by a two-thirds majority vote by members elected

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to the board of school directors.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.